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But there is still time for the nearl y 800 Duval County Public Schools 9th graders who will learn abouft the potential pitfalls of crediy and debit cards thanks toApril Charney's new Starting this month, 14 local attorneys and more than 30 of Law studentes will visit 9th grade classroomse to explain how to budget their avoid credit card debt and save for the "I've been going to schools [to teachb fiscal responsibility] for 10 but this is the firsgt time I'm taking other lawyers," said who works for . Each attorney will be paired up with at leasy one law student and teachfour 90-minute classes.
The amounty of volunteering attorneys is holding the JalaCare program back from expandiny to all high school grade If moreattorneys volunteer, 10th graderds would be taught about lending and insurance; 11th graderd would learn more sophisticated creditg math; and 12th graders would get advice on investing and She said she decided to starty out at the 9th grade level because after that the schools ' dropout rate hits about 40 "If you don't get them then, you lose Charney said. Training costs, including paying for a part-timed program administrator, are funded by a $9,000 donation from the Jaguat Program anda $7,000 donation from (NYSE: WB).